Best Music movies of 1981

Actors : Lisa Jane Persky, Ron Thompson, Jerry Holland, Mews Small,
Directors : Ralph Bakshi,

The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.

Actors : Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer, Hanna Schygulla, Karl-Heinz von Hassel,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

In Switzerland German singer 'Willie' falls in love with Jewish composer 'Robert' who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. But his family thinks that 'Willie' is also a Nazi ...

Actors : Daniel Olbrychski, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert Hossein, Nicole Garcia,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

Trough fabulous Music this movie tracks three generations of musicians and dancers from Russia, Germany, France and the USA, from before World War II through the war and the Holocaust, to ...

Actors : Paul Boensch III, Elvis Presley, David Scott, Johnny Harra,

The life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations. Subjects include early performances, army service, Ed Sullivan Show appearance, marriage, 1968 comeback, health decline and death.

Actors : Juan Antonio Jiménez, Antonio Gades, Carmen Villena, Cristina Hoyos,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

Group of dancers put Lorca's 'Blood Wedding' on stage, the tragic play about a married man who is still in love with his ex girlfriend, and tries to get back to her despite her planned wedding.

Actors : Dusica Zegarac, Rade Markovic, Aleksandar Bercek, Dara Dzokic,
Directors : Milos 'Misa' Radivojevic,

A normal boy receives a blow to the head which sets him off to do rebellious acts.

Actors : Sunny Johnson, Mark Hamill, Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Ron Maxwell,

A small town stud wants to go to Nashville and be a big country star. His ambitious kid sister works as his manager. When they cross paths with a small town sheriff, their dream comes in jeopardy.

Actors : Pierre Falardeau, Little Beaver, Marie-Claude Dufour, Julien Poulin,

Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Christophe Bourseiller, Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko,
Directors : Jacques Monnet,

Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a rock band called the "Why Notes?". They're to play in Paris at Charles's school reunion. In ...

Actors : David Leon, Mitch Weissman, Tom Teeley, Ralph Castelli,
Directors : Joseph Manduke,

Four guys who look and sound moderately like the Beatles play a plethora of Lennon/McCartney classics, while footage of memorable sixties events flashes by.

Actors : Frederica von Stade, Paolo Montarsolo, Margherita Guglielmi, Laura Zannini,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Ponnelle,

When the Prince and Cenerentola meet, it is love at first sight.

Actors : Kunal Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Parveen Babi, Suresh Chatwal,
Directors : Esmayeel Shroff,

Courtesan Madame Subbalaxmi heads a household where men are not born, but are welcome. Women are not welcome, but their birth is. Subbalaxmi is thrilled when her pet protege, Sangeeta, ...

Actors : Catarina Ligendza, Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Directors : Götz Friedrich,

Richard Strauss' classic opera version of the ancient Greek tragedy about the princess Elektra, who dreams of avenging her father Agamemnon's murder by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover.

Actors : Ronnie Ansell, Peter Butler, Franco Carli, Sam Cohen,
Directors : Ned Lander,

A dramatised documentary showing 48 hours in the lives of members of the Aboriginal bands, No Fixed Address and Us Mob, including the racism, hostility and harassment they receive.

Actors : Ewa Wisniewska, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Anna Moczkowska, Jan Piechocinski,
Directors : Krzysztof Rogulski,

Ricky is an escapee from a reform school. Julian escaped the anger of a voluntarily fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. They team together in Warsaw. In search for food ...

Actors : Per Gessle, Anders Herrlin, Göran Fritzson, Micke Andersson,
Directors : Lasse Hallström,

A Music-Document about the Gyllene Tider band and its golden times in the beginning of the 1980's.

Actors : Sofiya Rotaru, Evgeniy Menshov, Ekaterina Kazimirova, Grigore Grigoriu,
Directors : Valeriu Gajiu,

A musical about a young pop-singer and her rise from an amateur band to a professional star while trying to find her own style and songs. The main part is performed by popular singer Sofia ...

Actors : Pierre Clémenti, Anouschka, Pierre-Jean Cayatte, Ricky Darling,
Directors : Philippe Puicouyoul,

A rich business man falls for a young girl and vows to fulfill her dream of becoming a punk rock star.

Actors : Sofiya Rotaru, Vyacheslav Spesivtsev, Rolan Bykov, Mikhail Boyarskiy,
Directors : Aleksandr Stefanovich,

Viktoria Svobodina is a young but already well known popular singer in the Soviet Union, living in Moscow. Her popularity reaches the heights whilst the band she is performing with remains ...

Actors : Gaytri Choudhury, Bina Biswas, Himangshu Chattopadhyay, Beauti Bandyopadhyay,
Directors : Rajkumar Raychowdhury,

Story of a twin sisters as they go to a boarding school to study.